1963 Night Series Cup

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1963 Night Series Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1963
Teams8
WinnersFootscray (1st title)
Runner upRichmond
Matches played7
Attendance99,380 (average 14,197 per match)

The 1963 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the

Lake Oval, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. Footscray won its first night series cup defeating Richmond
in the final by 6 points.

Games

Round 1

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 14.13 (97) South Melbourne 9.11 (65)
Lake Oval
7,550 Tuesday, 10 September
Richmond 7.13 (55) Essendon 6.11 (47)
Lake Oval
11,100 Friday, 13 September
Carlton 10.15 (75) Fitzroy 6.8 (44)
Lake Oval
7,100 Monday, 16 September
Footscray 8.11 (59) North Melbourne 7.11 (53)
Lake Oval
15,500 Friday, 20 September

Semi-finals

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond 11.6 (72) Collingwood 6.10 (46)
Lake Oval
17,480 Monday, 23 September
Footscray 11.7 (73) Carlton 4.6 (30)
Lake Oval
15,380 Wednesday, 25 September

Final

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray 10.9 (69) Richmond 9.9 (63)
Lake Oval
25,270 Monday, 2 October

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